1.  The refugees also claimed that water and electricity supplies had been cut in some parts of Kuwait City but not in others.

2.  Agriculture, in fact, is the very reason the tribes have claimed so much water.

3.  Their sons are commercial fishermen, but a ban on gill netting, supported by sportsmen claiming overfished waters, has hurt, Taylor says.

4.  Vietnam demanded the rig be withdrawn immediately, while China said it claims the waters as its territory.

5.  Both sides claim the waters as their own.

6.  China also claims waters west of the Spratlys and portions of the Tonkin Gulf, which Vietnam says are part of its coastal waters.

7.  The Chinese government has defended its exploration operations, claiming the waters for its own.